Turning Pantry Staples into Mealtime Stars

$25 Menu Plan–The First Week Review

Life happens, and the best of plans are sometimes disrupted. That’s how life is around here, too. We had a menu plan and the groceries to carryout that plan, but a special request by one of the kids, the discovery of some leftovers in the fridge that needed to be used up, and a couple of late nights at work resulted in deviation from the planned dinner menu. Being willing to deviate from the plan, and having a well stocked pantry helped us to pull together some really quick meals. This helped prevent trips to the drive through.